DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

University of Toronto

CSC454/2527F: The Business of Software

Course Schedule for January-April 2003 (subject to change)

Version of: 26 March 2003

Date	Assignment	6-7 p.m. Usually the lecture	7-8 p.m. Usually the guest entrepreneur		8-9 p.m. Usually the Tutorial
6 Jan.		Introduction to course	Innovation		Brainstorming business ideas (all TAs)
13 Jan.	Assign. A: Ideas	Discussion of assigned readings Focus+objectives	Raynes Harbinger		Discussion of business ideas (all TAs)
20 Jan.	Assign. B: Plan v.0	Discussion of Raynes’s comments Opportunity+timing	Arn Xaplica		Instructions for Assignment C, group process (individual tutorial)
27 Jan.	Assign. C Comments on another team’s idea	Discussion of Arn’s comments Opportunity+ timing (cont.)	Legault Opal Sky		Discussion of plans v.0 (individual tutorial)
3 Feb.		Discussion of Legault’s comments Technology and capability	Stern: Doing market and competitive research and analysis		Assignment D workshop (individual tutorial)
10 Feb.	Assign. D: Completed Questionnaire and Plan v.1	Technology and capability (cont.)	Michael Lenaghan Frogware Inc.		Effective business plans, doing an effective oral presentation (combined tutorial)
17 Feb.		READING WEEK
24 Feb.		Marketing and distribution (mktg vs. sales)	Marketing and distribution (cont.)		Discussion of plans v.1 (individual tutorial)
3 Mar.		Movie: Startup.com			Assign. E: BUSINESS Issue presentations (individual tutorial)
10 Mar.		Finance & Financing	Finance & Financing (cont.)		Profit and cash, forecasting models and financial statements (Pedram Rahbari)
17 Mar.	Assign. F: Plan v.2	Leadership + management	TBA		Polishing the Plan (combined tutorial)
24 Mar.		Partnerships	TBA		Discussion of plans v.2 (individual tutorial)
31 Mar.		TERM TEST (1.5 hr.)
7 Apr.	Assign. H: Plan v.3 (extension granted, now due Mon., 14^th April at noon to BA7214)	Assign. G: BIZ PLAN presentations (individual tutorial)		Assign. G: BIZ PLAN PRESENTATIONS (combined tutorial)